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8 Amazing Stats from Super Bowl XLVII

Highlighting the most important, intriguing and bizarre stats of Super Bowl weekend.

NFL football is the greatest reality TV program of all time. The Giants and Colts made sure of that back in 1958. Each NFL fall weekend is a completely new and original experience for every player, fan and coach alike. New stories, new personalities, new winners and new losers. And new statistics.

The only stat that really matters is 34-31. The Baltimore Ravens scored three more points than the San Francisco 49ers to win the organization's second Super Bowl. However, there are so many other numbers to crunch. Here are the most important, most intriguing and most bizarre statistics from Super Bowl XLVII weekend:

34: Number of minutes delay due to a power outage in the Superdome
Officials are saying that too much electricity was being pumped into the Superdome Sunday night, leading to the power outage that stole headlines in Super Bowl XLVII. For more than half an hour fans all over the world sat waiting for football to return. Conspiracy theorists will point to Roger Goodell and/or CBS as the culprit though. Is it really that far-fetched to believe that, right after the Ravens took a commanding 28-6 lead on the opening kickoff of the second half, that pulling the plug on the power was the only way to keep viewers tuned-in to an otherwise boring showcase? Yes, probably. But the game completely changed following the delay and the stoppage will be the lede of the story.

49ers 25, Ravens 6: The score following the delay
The entire game changed following the delay. The Niners took control of the tempo and went on a scoring spree for the ages. In four minutes and 10 seconds, San Francisco rattled off 17 unanswered points to cut the lead from 22 to five with just over three minutes to play in the third quarter. Of course, this all took place immediately following the electrical issues. The 49ers outscored the Ravens 25-6 and outgained the Baltimore birds 260-126 after play was halted.

11-to-0: Joe Flacco's TD:INT ratio in the playoffs
Only five other quarterbacks have thrown at least eight touchdowns and no interceptions in a single postseason. All five — Joe Montana, Steve Young, Troy Aikman, Phil Simms and Drew Brees — won the Super Bowl and claimed game MVP honors. Just like Flacco. After 287 yards and three touchdowns on Sunday, the fifth-year quarterback finished the postseason with 1,140 yards, 11 touchdowns and no interceptions. He is now 9-4 all-time in the playoffs — the same number of postseason wins (and Super Bowls) as Peyton Manning — and is the only quarterback in NFL history to win at least one playoff game in each of his first five seasons.

0: Colin Kaepernick's completion rate inside the Ravens' 10 yard line
The 49ers ran 11 offensive plays inside the Ravens 10 yard line, including a two-point conversion. Seven times San Francisco attempted a pass and not once did Kaepernick connect. He took two sacks and threw five incompletions, including three straight misses on their final possession of the game at the five yard line. It's fitting that Ray Lewis' final series as an NFL defender was a Super Bowl-winning goalline stand with less than two minutes to play.

15 yards: The longest TD run by a QB in Super Bowl history
No one was open and the pocket was collapsing around him, but Colin Kaepernick rolled left and found daylight. He sprinted past Ravens defenders down the sideline and into the endzone with just under 10 minutes to play, cutting the Baltimore lead to two points. The 15-yard scramble was the longest touchdown run by a quarterback in Super Bowl history — and CK-7 made it look effortless.

35-3: Super Bowl record for the team with fewer turnovers
Scoring more points than the other team is still the most important statistic in the boxscore, but turnovers might be No. 2. The 49ers had two uncharacteristic first-half turnovers that pushed the Ravens to a commanding 28-6 lead early in the second half. Baltimore turned the ball over just once, and although Ray Rice's fumble was costly, it won the turnover battle 2-1. This gives the team with fewer turnovers a commanding 35-3 record in Super Bowls.

108: Yards in record-setting postseason kickoff return

Baltimore's Jacoby Jones set an NFL postseason record with an amazing 108-yard kickoff return against the 49ers. Jones caught David Akers' kick deep in his end zone and ran it back seconds into the third quarter to give the Ravens a 28-6 lead. The Ravens are the first team with two Super Bowl kickoff returns for touchdowns. Jermaine Lewis also had one in 2000.

9: NFL record career postseason INTs for Ed Reed
Ed Reed is one of the greatest safeties to ever play the game and he proved why on Sunday with a clutch interception in the biggest game of his storied career. It was his ninth postseason interception and it tied the all-time NFL record. Charlie Waters (Dallas), Bill Simpson (LA Rams, Buffalo) and Ronnie Lott (San Francisco, LA Raiders) each have a piece of the record. What makes this one special for Reed and the Ravens, however, is that it was the first interception thrown by a 49ers quarterback in six Super Bowl appearances.